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By: Kasey Bertsch, Maxwel Winzer B4

Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Hydroelectric power, Iron ore, and Chromium > Part 6:
 * Russia is the largest country
 * Four of the world's largest rivers (Lena, Ob, Volga, and Yenisey)
 * Also the world’s deepest freshwater lake (Baikal 5,715 ft.)
 * Ural, Caucasus, Sayan, Yablonovyy, Stanovoy, Verkhoyanski, and Kolyma are the mountains in Russia
 * Highest point is Mt. Elbrus (18,510 ft.)
 * Central Siberian is the only plateau
 * Northern European, and West Siberian are the plains
 * The climate regions are Steppe, Humid Continental, Subarctic, Tundra, and Highland
 * Natural vegetation is Desert Scrub and Waste, Temperate Grassland, Deciduous, Coniferous, and Mixed Forests, Tundra, and Highland[[image:worldgeography9/russia.jpg width="201" height="257" align="right" caption="Vladimir Lenin"]]
 * The cold climate made a perfect defense in WWII, and the Napoleon wars
 * The population of Russia was 141,930,000 in 2011
 * The official language is Russian
 * Main religions are Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism
 * Mongols controlled Russia for more than 200 years
 * 1547: Ivan IV was the first czar (Supreme ruler)
 * 1861: created Russifacation which made people speak Russian and follow the Eastern Orthodox Christianity
 * 1917: Vladimir Lenin came to power and communism started in Russia
 * 1922: USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) or Soviet Union was created
 * 1985: Ended Soviet Union[[image:worldgeography9/russia-6.jpg width="239" height="184" align="right"]]
 * After that the economy moved from command to market
 * Natural Resources are Coal, Tin, Gems, Lead, Gasoline, Zinc, Bauxite, Cobalt, Natural Gas, Timber, Nickel, Gold, Silver, Copper,
 * Most manufacturing and trade is in the Europe part of Russia
 * Most of the Asia side is Nomadic herding, and little to no activity
 * Joined NATO
 * Positive trend in foreign relations





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